Smiley v. Firth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• under a recidivist statute, the determination of prior convictions is independent of the conviction for the substantive offense and subjects defendant to increased penalty
• rejected evidence that juror may not have understood burden of proof in criminal case
• considering only the standard of proof required to prove dangerousness
• order denying defendant’s motion to retain expert witness
• raising but not resolving constitutional questions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).